Two Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Learning Differences and Special Education (Open-Rank) Stanford UniversityUnited States

Stanford University's Graduate School of Education is launching an ambitious cross-campusinterdisciplinary initiative to address urgent challenges and opportunities at the nexus of inclusiveeducation and learning differences. Faculty will be marshalled to harness insights from science, design,systems analysis, technologies, policy, pedagogical practices, education interventions, and ethics toadvance the human potential of each and every learner, coupled with the tools and systems designed tosupport them.

We are establishing novel Ph.D., MA, and teacher credential programs that realize Stanford's purposefulcommitment to groundbreaking interdisciplinary approaches to real world challenges. There will bepossibilities for joint appointments with the faculties of medicine, law, engineering, humanities andscience.

Over the next few years, we anticipate hiring faculty in the areas of learning practices,technologies, educational neuroscience, policy, and humanistic investigations of (dis)abilities. We arelaunching the initiative with searches in two areas – learning practices and technologies.Faculty Search in Learning Differences and Special Education

Currently, we are seeking two outstanding scholars to support the launch of the initiative: one who workson learning practices and teacher preparation, and one who works on technological breakthroughs forlearning and participation. Both areas are broadly conceived.

Senior candidates will bring an excellent record of scholarship, teaching, and leadership. Juniorcandidates will bring fresh perspectives and methodologies that can drive future discovery. The initiativeis explicitly interdisciplinary: Candidates should want to work across methodologies, systems, andparadigms to help address the complex terrain inherent to learning diversities.

Application Requirements

All applicants should submit:

• A cover letter describing their view of special education as an inclusive education project, theirresearch agenda, and their teaching experience.• Curriculum vitae (including publications).• Copies of a maximum of three scholarly papers.• Applicants for Assistant rank positions should submit three letters of reference.• Applicants for Associate and Professor rank positions should submit a list of three names ofreferences (complete with addresses and phone numbers). We will request letters of recommendationfor a short list of finalists only.

All application materials must be submitted online. Please submit your application on Interfolio:http://apply.interfolio.com/52174.

Please submit your materials by October 15, 2018.

Questions pertaining to this position should be directed to Tanya Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Officer, attanyas@stanford.edu.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicantswill receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexualorientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any othercharacteristic protected by law. Stanford also welcomes applications from others who would bringadditional dimensions to the University's research, teaching and clinical missions.